“A Florida judge on Friday appeared reluctant to allow jurors to wear virtual reality goggles that illustrate the findings of an expert witness for the defense in an attempted murder case. Judge Ernest A. Kollra Jr. of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, expressed concern that jurors would see different Read more…
“The Biden administration’s workplace vaccine mandate was scheduled to take effect Jan. 10. Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard, employees at businesses with more than 100 workers must be fully vaccinated or submit to masking and weekly testing. But on Nov. 6, the New Orleans-based Read more…
(Reuters) – A growing number of federal district courts from coast to coast are easing requirements for lawyers, staff and visitors to wear masks when entering their courthouses amid a nationwide decline in COVID-19 cases. Since the beginning of March, more than a dozen district courts in states, including Connecticut, Read more…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people, wounded 260 others and led to the fatal shooting of a police officer. The 6-3 majority opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas rejected arguments that the trial judge had Read more…